New Jersey § 40A:9-55 Delivery of identified dead bodies to proper persons; records.

New Jersey Statutes

§ 40A:9-55 — Delivery of identified dead bodies to proper persons; records.

New Jersey § 40A:9-55

Title 40AMUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 40A:9-55 (2026).

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40A:9-55. If any dead body in a morgue received as being unidentified shall thereafter be identified, the morgue keeper, upon the order of the county or intercounty medical examiner, shall deliver such body to any proper person willing to accept the responsibility therefor. Said person shall state the name and last known residence of the deceased and acknowledge receipt of the body by signing for it in a book to be kept by the morgue keeper for that purpose. The morgue keeper shall make and keep a record of all bodies received and their disposition. amended 2018, c.62, s.44.

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40A:9-55. If any dead body in a morgue received as being unidentified shall thereafter be identified, the morgue keeper, upon the order of the county or intercounty medical examiner, shall deliver such body to any proper person willing to accept the responsibility therefor. Said person shall state the name and last known residence of the deceased and acknowledge receipt of the body by signing for it in a book to be kept by the morgue keeper for that purpose. The morgue keeper shall make and keep a record of all bodies received and their disposition. amended 2018, c.62, s.44.